A quarter of the Western world's tiles speak Sassuolo's dialect: the Modenese ceramic district, born here after the war, leads the planet in the sector, celebrated yearly by its international fair. But the town has a courtly heart: the Ducal Palace, the Este family's summer "delight", with Baroque frescoes and a theatrical fish-pond façade, is among Emilia's best-preserved palaces.
Piazzetta Garibaldi with the civic tower serves as drawing room; the Secchia river runs toward the Lambrusco hills. Industry and Este magnificence on the same block: very Emilian, very instructive.
Near Sassuolo
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